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Small North American falcon
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kestrel
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Any of various small falcons of the genus ''Falco'' that hover while hunting. 2 The common kestrel, ''Falco tinnunculus''
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
The name kestrel (from French crécerelle , derivative from crécelle , i.e. ratchet ) is given to several different members of the falcon genus, Falco . Kestrels are most easily distinguished by their typical hunting behaviour which is to hover at a height ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Kestrel \Kes"trel\ (k[e^]s"tr[e^]l), n. [See Castrel .] (Zo["o]l.) A small, slender European hawk ( Falco alaudarius ), allied to the sparrow hawk. Its color is reddish fawn, streaked and spotted with white and black. Also called windhover and stannel . ...
Usage examples of kestrel.
We have already been in contact with Duchess Kestrel and she is preparing a private house where Citrine can live with you and at least some of your companions.
Kestrel, peering into the turbid waters of the fishpond with a jaundiced eye, made no reply.
Kestrel may not be as prestigious a house as that of the Peregrine or the Gyrfalcon, but it is as old and very respected.
The representative for House Goshawk looked vaguely disappointed, but those for Peregrine, Kestrel, and Gyrfalcon were quite alert.
The graceful birds usually detected the unsuspecting susliks while soaring in the air, but the kite could also hover like a kestrel, the native falcon, or fly very low to take its prey by surprise.
There were two little merlins which had only just been taken up from hacking, an old peregrine who was not much use in this wooded country but who was kept for appearances, a kestrel on which the boys had learned the rudiments of falconry, a spar-hawk which Sir Ector was kind enough to keep for the parson, and, caged off in a special apartment of his own at the far end, there was the tiercel goshawk Cully.
Yon small bird his hymn outpouring, On the branch close by, Recks not for the kestrel soaring In the nether sky, Though the hawk with wings extended Poises over head, Motionless as though suspended By a viewless thread.
Redwings, wheatears, peewits, and airy kestrels are the people of their skies.
The second had been in Betancuria, when Terrel had been accompanied by Alyssa in the shape of a stonechat, and Lathan - after instruction from Elam - had taken the form of a kestrel.
Heavily laden with camera case and field kit, Kestrel followed Miss Woolner to the back hall.
She was an elf, with shoulder-length braided hair the color of pure gold and a round face dominated by the bluest eyes Kestrel had ever seen.
When Derian entered, he found Earl Kestrel seated on a campstool, making notes in a leather-bound book resting on a collapsible table.
In the few seconds that Kestrel watched, the injured cultist released a retributive gout of flames at Jarial.
Kestrel squinted and stared, but could not discern a steady outline-the cultist seemed to waver before her eyes.
But Kestrel knew that Robin had no intention of doing anything that would give the stallkeeper an excuse for further rudeness.